Zen Cart Reviews

The cart is open source, so it is perfect for those on a budget. Once you get it set up, adding categories and products are fairly easy, just a bit time consuming.

I run my own social network, and I couldn't set up ZenCart myself. I had to pay a friend to do it. There's just so much work involved with settings and criteria that needs to be done that it was overwhelming for a first timer. A clearer, more concise back end would be a wonderful thing.

The implementation process is really easy, support is on point and it really solves most of ecommerce needs for companies of any size.

It could have better tracking capabilities but there are always work arounds to get that fixed.

Once you have it downloaded & set up. Functionality is fantastic. You can see behind the scenes. If a potential customer calls and wants to know if their order went through online (because in reality it did not), you can actually see where the breakdown happened & what they had in their cart even if they were shopping as a guest. The program definitely requires a learning period but it is worth it.

Requires a good amount of tech knowledge. If you are not tech savvy or don't have someone that is, then this is not the way to go. You will only get support through the forums & "tickets". There is no phone support.

It's FREE! and it's powerful. Does everything I need plus more. So much better than the 1and1 online eCommerce software I use to use. So many add ons can do just about anything.

Nothing at all to dislike. it's free and powerful.

The software is completely free, and also not too difficult to install. It is also completely open source, so the customization options are endless. The developers do update it regularly. It includes everything necessary to start your online store/ecommerce business. There are many modules you can add to it, to apply any feature your business might need. Once set up, it is easy to use by anyone

Broken code requires time intensive debug, and once in a while things may not work perfectly together. Some of the features that can be added with modules could just be part of the default experience, in my opinion. Setup requires some technical skill, but again, it is free.

I'm a web developer and most of my clients uses Zen Cart. I recommend this to them compare to Magento is because its easy to manage the code and databases. It has also a feature where you can run the query directly to the software and not going to the host web site to run it there. What I love most is that, you can create your own html files with out touching the original files. Zen Cart will automatically detect the new created files and use it to run. It really easy to customize the software base on the customer needs.

At first, it is really difficult to understand the layout of the software and where to locate them. But as soon as you get used to it, it will be easily.

I was able to launch a web store with a functional shopping cart with Zen quite affordably!

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Very easy to install and use, installation instructions very clear.

Not that much really, it does everything that it says on the box. Was a little pricey but not too bad.

Open source! I will always choose an open source option first if it is functional. Zen cart does everything I need .

While it's not really a drawback, you need to make sure you know what your doing and can install Zen cart properly on your site.

By the first time, seems easy to install on your application, but bug solving can be a problem.

When I faced bugs with this platform or needed to migrate to another platform, it wasn´t easy to get data from it.

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